TWO MORE ROBBERIES OCCUR OVER WEEKEND

THE HARTFORD COURANT

A string of robberies in eastern Connecticut continued over the weekend, as a liquor store in Colchester and a grocery store in Lebanon were robbed at gunpoint.

The latest incidents bring the total number of robberies in the area to six during the past month, including four in Colchester. Detectives from the state police eastern district criminal investigation unit are trying to determine whether some or all of the robberies are connected.

The most recent robberies occurred Saturday. The first was reported at 8:30 a.m. by a clerk at the Lebanon Green Grocery Store on West Town Street in Lebanon. The clerk said he was robbed by a man who indicated he had a firearm.

He ran off with an undetermined amount of money. There were no injuries.

Then, at 8 p.m. Saturday, the Tri- Towne Package Store on Route 16 in Colchester was robbed by a man who displayed a weapon, police said. He, too, ran off with an undetermined amount of money.

Police would provide no description in either robbery. They said they are following several leads.

In several of the previous robberies in Colchester, the robber had disguised his face with face paint and ran off on foot. Police declined to say whether the robbers had worn disguises in this weekend's incidents.